1、2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1- My God! I havent prepared the files for the new project yet!- _. The boss wont need it until next Friday.ATheres no d
2、oubt BTheres no panic CGood luck DSounds good2Word came that 30 firefighters gave their lives to our country _ national property security.Ain exchange forBin response toCin terms ofDin contrast with3Encourage your children to try new things, but try not to _them too hard.AdrawBstrikeCrushDpush4_ gas
3、 prices are rising, people are looking for less expensive ways to get around.ANow that BEven ifCAlthough DUnless5One of our rules is that every student _ wear school uniform while at school.AmightBcouldCshallDwill6Sally likes going to school _ she has got many good friends there.AorBbecauseCunlessDs
4、o7The steamboat was fully furnished with life preservers. The passengers might be saved _ accidents.Ain spite ofBinstead ofCin case ofDin place of8It is not surprising that she was elected _ monitor ;she is _ very smart girl who has the ability to organize the class well.A/; theB/; aCa;aDthe;/9He wr
5、ote a letter _ he explained what had happened in the accident.AthatBwhichCwhereDwhat10 I am just wondering which team, Chicago Bulls or Washington Wizards, won the game last night? _ I dont really like either team.ADont mention it. BNo problem.CWho cares? DWhy bother?11- I cant think why he_ so angr
6、y. I meant no offence.-Its typical of him to be sensitive.Ashould have beenBmust have beenCmight have beenDcan have been12He doesnt spend any more money on clothing than I do,but_he manages to look so stylish.AthereforeBsomehowCfurthermoreDotherwise13The biggest problem for most plants, which _just
7、get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them.Ashall notBcantCneedntDmustnt14Computers can do nothingBut once _what to do, they show extraordinary power to do a great dealAto programBbeing programmedCprogrammedDhaving programmed15I think it a great honor _ to visit your count
8、ry.Ato inviteBinvitingChaving invitedDto be invited16This book is said to be the special one, which _ many events that cannot be found in other history books.AcoversBwritesCprintsDreads17By the time we _ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years.AgraduatedBwill graduateCare
9、 graduatingDgraduate18I called her nearly ten minutes this morning, but I couldnt _.Aget throughBgo through.Clive throughDlook through19The Lushan Mountain, occupying an area of 302 square kilometers, possesses rich cultural and geological _.AattractionsBamusementsCentertainmentsDpresentations20You
10、know, people have different opinions about the construction of the project.We welcome any comments from them, favorable or _.AsoBotherwiseCelseDrather第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分） Corals (珊瑚) are often described as undersea forests, but they are declining far more quickly t
11、han the Amazon. The coral reefs (礁) are likely to be among the first ecosystems to be wiped out by climate change.A temperature rise of just 1 to 2 can lead to the death of the algae (海藻) upon which corals depend, draining them of color and making the structure more fragile. These bleaching (脱色) eve
12、nts can be temporary if waters cool, but the more frequent they are and the longer they last, the greater the risk of damage is. But thats exactly what is happening. Bleaching was first observed in 1983. It was seen on a global level in 1998, then 2010, and then from 2015 to 2017. Most available sci
13、entific evidence tells us that unless we do something to limit warming to 1.5, we will lose 99% of the worlds coral reefs in coming decades.But there are other threats beyond warming. Off the Philippine island of Palawan, its old reefs have been badly damaged by dirty water from the tourist holiday
14、center, pollution from boats and overfishing. The area ought to be a shelter because its one of the ocean regions most bearable to climate change. “Even here, we are losing our corals,” said David Obura, chair of the Global Specialist Group in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
15、“We need to reduce stress from overfishing, coastal development, pollution and tourism.”“Im a generation of scientists watching them disappear. Its very depressing,” Obura said. “Above 1.5, in about 50 years, they will be a treasure of historic movies and pictures, but very little to see in real life. Children
